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"Spotlight" on DIY Winning Documentary film director of "Basta"

The film "Spotlight' is a film that critics and audiences agree on. A great story about a tragic event in the nation's history. Liev Shreiber, Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo give standout performances which will likely be honored in many festivals.We at the DIY Film Festival would like to point out that last year's "Best New Director" Gary Bergeron also made a powerful film about the same topic. The film is called "Basta" which is Italian for "enough!" as in "Enough already!" What makes Gary's story so powerful is that he lived through the scandal. And it was the inactivity of the justice system that inspired him to make this film, to make this journey to the Vatican to ask the then Pope why nothing had been done.

Gary Bergeron, Award Winning DIY Filmmaker

Here's the trailer for his powerful award winning film:

We at the DIY Film Festival applaud Gary for making such a powerful documentary, and hope that his success continues into the future. And anyone who was moved by the film "Spotlight" should look into the real story, and what really happened.

Boston Massachusetts (PRWEB)March 20, 2015

Attempting to
battle the cover-up, shame and silence of clergy sexual abuse, three
survivors from Boston, Massachusetts travel to Rome reaching behind the
secret walls of The Vatican. Their week long effort becomes a decade
long mission that exposes mind blowing statistics and unexpected global
response.

BASTA - No Pity - No Shame - No Silence is a
film documenting the emotional journey taken by simple men detailing
their attempts to reach behind and beyond the Vatican walls in search of
help, hope & aid in healing a nation reeling from the effects of
the clergy abuse crisis. A decade after starting on a personal journey
for justice, one man finds that success isn’t always defined by
achieving his goal, sometimes it’s defined by the attempt itself. And
sometimes, in that attempt, you also find out who you are.

The unlikely film producer of BASTA is Gary
Bergeron, 52, a carpenter by trade, who lives in the greater Boston
area. Gary and his brother came forward to their parents in 2002 about
their abuse at the hands of a Boston priest. Gary consequently
discovered his 77 year old father had also been abused by his priest.
“Finding out that two generations of my family had lived with this
painful secret was a pivotal moment. I realized that not only was I a
victim of clergy sexual abuse, I was also the brother of a clergy abuse
victim and the son of a clergy abuse victim. I decided to do whatever
was necessary to make sure that I would never be the father of a clergy
abuse victim. Regardless of the consequences, the Vatican was the next
step,” said Bergeron who was recently awarded “Best New Director” for
his work on BASTA by the DIY Film Festival in 2015.

According to Bergeron, BASTA’S live footage
was not planned but made possible as the result of a news editor’s
request to send a cameraman along on their trip to The Vatican. The raw
footage was never used by the editor and was literally stuffed in a
closet for over 10 years. Two years ago the editor offered it to
Bergeron as a gift. When the package arrived, he decided that it was
time to share his story and started editing, hoping the film would be a
vehicle for survivors to be heard. Bergeron expressed that he sees the
film festivals selection of BASTA as a realization of that hope. “The
goal of BASTA was, and always will be, to raise public awareness,
provoke action and promote healing for survivors. Above all, survivors
should never give up, never lose Hope.”

Jennifer Hitchcock’s “Dreams Deferred: The Struggle for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine”

Ike Ahloe's "Clocked In"

Brian Paul Higgins “CURE FOR THE CRASH”

Nicholas Plagman’s “THE HAM SANDWICH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD”

Robin North & Kelly Preeper's "Dead Saints"

Mirel Bran’s “ONE-WAY ROUND TRIP” (Romania)

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The mother of all film festivals opens today in the Cote' D'azur. For DIY Filmmakers it may seem like a long way off - but fear not...

Be Good To Eddie Lee

Citizen Mayor trailer

Securitate Hunter

Bathing and the Single Girl

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2010 winning Animated short "The Magnitude of the Continental Divides" by Christopher Coleman

DIY FILM FESTIVAL NEWS archive

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2008)_ The engaging documentary "Buskers: For Love Or Money," an examination of the world of street performers as told by the talent, has been named Best Film of the 2008 DIY Film Festival, which concluded Saturday.

The film was screened at the American Film Institute as part of the 2008 DIY Convention, which took place Feb. 15-23 in Hollywood and honored the top independent films, music and books of the last year.

In "Buskers: For Love Or Money,” director Chad Taylor (himself a world-class street performer as a chainsaw juggler) gives the history and motivations of his fellow street performers, some well-known, others legends only in their particular square feet of concrete.

The depiction of the performers’ free-floating lifestyle, which combines talent, street savvy and psychology was shot over ten years in various parts of the world and features rare footage of some legendary street performances. For its introspective examination of a world many see but few understand, “Buskers” was unanimously acclaimed as Best Film by the DIY judges.

The other winners of the 2008 DIY Film Festival:

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Glue Boys,” Philip Hamer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: “The Tribe,” Tiffany Shlain

BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE: “Divergence,” Patrick J. Donnelly

BEST DRAMATIC SHORT: “Henchmen,” Christian Cantamessa

BEST COMEDY FEATURE: “The Book of Noah,” Drew Smith

BEST COMEDY SHORT: “Lowenstein’s A Terrorist,” Eric Siegelstein

BEST WORDL CINEMA: “Remember Me,” Benjamin Tan

BEST STUDENT FILM: “Some Apologies,” Adam Weldon

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: “Pull On Push Off,” Philip Leaman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Murderess,” Scott Coblio

BEST DIRECTOR: Todd Peters, “Let Others Suffer”

BEST SCRIPT: Adam Weldon, “Some Apologies

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